Carna Biosciences, Inc.

About Us

About Carna

Carna Biosciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded in April 2003 in Kobe, Japan to discover and develop innovative therapies to treat serious unmet medical needs, focusing on small molecule drugs, mainly targeting kinases. We also offer a broad range of high-quality products and innovative drug discovery services to scientists worldwide to help efficiently identify new kinase inhibitors.

Company Name
Carna Biosciences, Inc.
Business
Drug Discovery business to research and develop small molecule drugs
Drug Discovery Support business to offer products and services for kinase inhibitor discovery
Location
BMA 3F 1-5-5 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047 Japan Map
Phone +81-78-302-7039
Established
April 10, 2003
Employees
65 (Consolidated)
Board of Directors
President and CEO Kohichiro Yoshino
Director Norio Aikawa
Director Masaaki Sawa
Director Emi Yamamoto
Director Akinori Arimura
Director Atsuo Arita
(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Director Tsuguo Ogasawara
(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Director Teruo Takayanagi
(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Director Takao Matsui
(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Subsidiary

Company Name
CarnaBio USA, Inc.
Business
Drug Discovery Support business in North America to offer products and services for kinase inhibitor discovery
Drug Discovery business to research and develop small molecule drugs
Location

209 West Central Street, Suite 307
Natick, MA 01760 USA
Phone +1-508-650-1244

Mission

Our mission is to discover and develop significant medical values that will provide therapeutic solutions for improving human health. Our aim is to address unmet medical needs where standard of care is inadequate or an effective therapy does not exist.
Origin of Company Name
CARNA© 2003
“Carna” – an ancient Roman Goddess – was the guardian of the heart and the vital parts of the human body. With her expectant yet determined look and hair made of protein kinases, our Goddess Carna was envisaged to represent what we need to achieve as a biotechnology company.
Combined with the word “Biosciences,” the company name Carna Biosciences expresses our untiring innovative approaches and sincere dedication in pursuit of better life through modern health science.